Scotty1419 Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 hi guys i just recently fixed my fuel pump and my car starts now but it is ticking really bad now and below the valve cover on the passenger side of the car starts smoking really bad near the exhaust flange and when i run my car it blows awful white smoke out the tail pipe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairtax4me Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Valve cover gasket leak. Possible bad head gasket. Year and engine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty1419 Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 its a 95 ej22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnceggleston Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 did you just buy it? or had a while and it quit starting / running? ticking really bad now and below the valve cover on the passenger side of the car if it has been sitting, the tick is a HLA, hydraulic lash adjuster, the needs to pump up, give it some time. and when i run my car it blows awful white smoke out the tail pipe if it has been sitting the white smoke may burn off, burn out of the exhaust. starts smoking really bad near the exhaust flange this could easily be dripping engine oil burning off of the exhaust. please tell me you just got this car and finally got it running. these things are much less worrisome if that is the case. even if you have had this car a while, i am ever hopeful since it is an ej22. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzam Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 (edited) Can you tell where the clicking seems to be coming from? Have you checked the PCV? I've seen them cause a lot of smoke out the tailpipe. Edited May 13, 2012 by Suzam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairtax4me Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 (edited) Ej22, good. Put a set of valve cover gaskets on it. Make sure the rocker shaft bolts are tight. The ticking will go away after running for 20 - 30 minutes. Hopefully the smoking out the tailpipe will go away. If not it could need head gaskets. Not unheard of for an EJ22. But like Suzam said, smoking could be due to oil burning. Check the PCV valve. Oil level is correct? Edited May 14, 2012 by Fairtax4me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedotsnow Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 white smoke usually indicates coolant in the combustion chamber black is usually oil. check for any mixtures or oil film in the the coolant/engine oil. lack of power? when I bought my lego it needed head gaskets but now runs great. have you ever used subaru coolant conditioner? its essentially a sealant made for the ej25s that have weeping head gaskets and it works wonderfully on SMALL problems in the cooling system. cheep too about a buck seventy five from the dealer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty1419 Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 well my fuel pump stopped working so the car was sittin for a couple weeks till i got the fuel pump fixed. i think i got some atf fluid from the leaky power steering pump in the oil thru the open spark plug hole when i was towin it but i changed out the oil but kept the old filter on. the smoke is just coming from the exhaust flange only on the passenger side where i think the tickin is coming from i also took the pcv valve out to spray starting fluid in to diagnose my fuel pump failure but i put it back on and put the hose back on the pcv valve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairtax4me Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 If its just smoking under the hood it's just some oil on the pipes. It'll go away on its own after a drive or two. Lifters are bled out causing the ticking, that'll go away as well after being driven a time or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-3-2-4 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 white smoke usually indicates coolant in the combustion chamber black is usually oil. check for any mixtures or oil film in the the coolant/engine oil. lack of power? when I bought my lego it needed head gaskets but now runs great. have you ever used subaru coolant conditioner? its essentially a sealant made for the ej25s that have weeping head gaskets and it works wonderfully on SMALL problems in the cooling system. cheep too about a buck seventy five from the dealer. Uhmm I thought it was always white smoke for coolant, black for running a bit rich and blue smoke for burning oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnceggleston Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I thought it was always white smoke for coolant, true, but ej engines very very very rarely have head gaskets that fail this way. so you almost never see white smoke from a head gasket failure in a subaru. i know, never say never. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-3-2-4 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 true, but ej engines very very very rarely have head gaskets that fail this way. so you almost never see white smoke from a head gasket failure in a subaru. i know, never say never. mine never mixed with the old hG's it would just overpressuize the system. When I did everything I lubed up cylinder walls with some oil before putting the heads back on and about 4 hours later when I started it up I got some blue smoke for a few seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairtax4me Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Large amounts of oil burning will smoke white. When a turbo goes bad it smokes because it's pouring oil straight into the exhaust. Get enough oil in the cylinder and it won't all burn, it gets spit out into the exhaust, then burns off white as it moves down the pipes and through the cats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedotsnow Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Uhmm I thought it was always white smoke for coolant, black for running a bit rich and blue smoke for burning oil. right on! black/blueish is oil. no experience with running rich other than seeing white dropped honda's asses covered in black "afterburner" film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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